Greer 31 Easley 14

Once again, the Spartans were victorious. But the team was slow out of the gate and has yet to put together a complete game.

Greer bolted out to an early 5-0 lead against Easley on a try by Zach Roberts, but were thrawted, afterwards, by repeated penalties that kept the underdog Greenwave team camped deep in Spartan territority for much of the first half. Midway through the half, Easley scored to push ahead 7-5 after the successful conversion.

Late in the first half, the Greer team -- having settled in a bit to the official's calls -- managed to assert itself scoring a try to put the team up 10-7.

During the second half, the Spartans finally hit some stride, began moving the ball and the scores came. Nick Rossano, the team's captain who has been hobbled by an ankle injury, scored. Jacob Cook and Peter Nelson also added trys to help the Spartans advance to 31-7 lead. Easley added a late try in the final two minutes to cut the margin to 31-14.

A month ago, the future of the Easley team was in doubt. The club, however, has picked up new players and improved week to week and are now 1-2, a testament to the good coaching of Tom Liddle. Well done, Tommy.

Looking ahead, the Spartans travel to Columbia Friday to take on Gilbert. The goals for the team: control possession, spread the ball, reduce the penalities and put ogether a complete game.